Director Role

When you are deploying a single Standard Edition Server or Enterprise pool, your topology remains simple. However, as the number of Standard Edition Servers and Enterprise pools grows within your organization, the complexity of your infrastructure increases. Deploying multiple Standard Edition Servers and Enterprise pools might be necessary to handle a large number of users, users within your organization who are geographically dispersed, or both. In such situations, it is best to deploy a Director or array of Directors. The Director server role directs client traffic to the correct home server. Before explaining why it is important to deploy this role, some background information is necessary.

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